RH | 4,903 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) I've been collecting since 2016 and I get it, prices move. I also understand that COVID has also caused a huge spike in buying and purchasing but today I checked in on a few of my games on my collection tracker because I'm wanting to sell. Anyway, I sorted the list buy price and I was surprised to see my copy of Xenosaga so close to the top. It's going for over $200 and, in fact, some copies have gone for over $300. This isn't even the holographic cover. In fact, when I went to GVN and sorted the PS2 list, I was surprised to see that this is the 7th most expensive (non-special edition) title in the whole collection?! What? I mean, this game was more rare than the first two Xenosaga titles but it's not really rare, and since I've followed along with the holo-cover one from time to time, it doesn't surprise that that variant is going up. However, Xenosaga III seems to have recently shot up a bit more disproportional to other titles. Did a YouTuber post a video or something? That often causes a spike. Anyway, this thing stayed in the $70-80 range for a long while and now, boom, 3x increase since May, but the disc-only value hasn't gone up much at all. I'm confused? Edited July 30, 2020 by RH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,777 Administrator · Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aguy | 772 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Gloves said: Time to start crackin' open your graded games to make the big money! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,777 Administrator · Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, Aguy said: Time to start crackin' open your graded games to make the big money! HAS THE WATA BUBBLE BURST!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Gloves said: HAS THE WATA BUBBLE BURST!?!? I'm not getting the answers I wanted but we are getting the the real questions we need! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelin03 | 314 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Prices since March have made no sense. I have found it best to not question it and just enjoy the sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jicsan | 589 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 It's been going up because it's the one I still need to get. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,777 Administrator · Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 6 minutes ago, Jicsan said: It's been going up because it's the one I still need to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeGame | 760 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 6 hours ago, Gloves said: Sorry to burst the bubble (lol) but a low graded will sell for less than a sealed mint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,777 Administrator · Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 minute ago, LifeGame said: Sorry to burst the bubble (lol) but a low graded will sell for less than a sealed mint I knoooooow but it's funnyyyyyy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeGame | 760 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, Gloves said: I knoooooow but it's funnyyyyyy. Haha i know just kidding myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,369 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 The formula for current prices is as follows: new price = (old price + x) / (y + z) where: x = who y = fricken z = knows 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,950 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 All import-exclusive JRPGs are gonna skyrocket in price at one point or another. It's no surprise. Everyone who wants the game will have to get a copy from either Japan or the US, and if you don't understand Japanese you really don't have a choice. So that makes this particular release a coveted one. I'm surprised Baten Kaitos Origins or Arc Rise Fantasia haven't reached this point yet. It's only a question of time before some YouTube bloke makes a video and all the kids are gonna go nuts for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amermoe | 150 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 3 hours ago, LifeGame said: Sorry to burst the bubble (lol) but a low graded will sell for less than a sealed mint This is true, except: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,777 Administrator · Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Just now, Amermoe said: This is true, except: Gotteeeem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSlice | 3,095 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 The price went up because the Xenoblade series has gotten really popular and collectors are going back and buying Xenogears and the 3 Xenosagas. That plus the COVID-mania making these games seem scarce, and Xenosaga III being the less common of the games, has caused it to spike hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,525 Editorials Team · Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 III has always been expensive. Hell, it cost me $45 used when the rest of GameStop's PS2 games were like $.49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 wtf is xenoblade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magus | 169 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 (edited) This is one that you could kind of see coming TBH and was always pricey. Before covid it was routinely getting $80-90. It's not incredibly rare, but it's uncommon enough and part of a series that has enough demand you can see people spending stupid money on it. Way more are listed for sale right now than usual with people wanting to cash in. $300 is an outlier. You can get a CIB Mint copy for $190 shipped on ebay right now. There are going to be stupid prices here and there, it's just the nature of COVID right now. It's a perfect storm of components creating a completely insane boost in purchases/price. That graded copy that sold was back in april. 3+ months can make a big difference. I bought all 3 xenosaga games graded 85+ and 90 from a member here for like $400 5 months ago. I could probably easily get that for just the xenosaga iii right now, maybe more to the right buyer. Edited August 13, 2020 by Magus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverspoonGaming | 332 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 On 7/31/2020 at 2:02 AM, Amermoe said: This is true, except: 9.8 from WATA is about a 7 from VGA... Knowing WATA this is probably a reseal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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